Pygmy tyrant
| Pygmy tyrant | |
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| Eared pygmy tyrant | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Myiornis W. Bertoni, 1901 |
| Species | |
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The pygmy tyrants are a bird genus, Myiornis, in the Tyrannidae family. Discounting the hummingbirds, they are some of the smallest birds in the world.
The following species are contained in Myiornis:
- White-bellied pygmy tyrant (Myiornis albiventris);
- Eared pygmy tyrant (Myiornis auricularis);
- Black-capped pygmy tyrant (Myiornis atricapillus);
- Short-tailed pygmy tyrant (Myiornis ecaudatus).